S.D. inmate executed for 1990 murder of little girl

Donald Moeller, 60, was executed on Oct. 29, 2012, for the
1990 rape and murder of 9-year-old Becky O'Connell. O'Connell disappeared after
leaving her home to buy sugar at a nearby store so she could make lemonade.
Moeller died by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls. His was South Dakota's second execution in October, an unusual surge for a
state that has carried out just two other executions since 1913.

"I killed. I deserve to be killed," Moeller said in July 2012. He was pronounced dead at 10:24 p.m.

This undated file photo taken in Lake Luzerne, N.Y. shows Becky O'Connell, who was killed in Sioux Falls, S.D., in May 1990.

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Dave Curl and his wife, Tina Curl, pose for a picture in Hadley, N.Y. Tina, Becky O'Connell's mother, drove to Sioux Falls, S.D., from her home in New York to watch the execution of Donald Moeller on Oct. 29, 2012, for the 1990 rape and murder of her daughter.

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On Oct. 30, 2012, Tina Curl holds an artist's rendering of what her daughter, Becky O'Connell, would look like today if she hadn't been murdered in 1990 at age 9. Her husband Dave Curl, right, told reporters that he and his wife were happy to witness the execution of Donald Moeller, who kidnapped, raped and killed Becky.

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This photo shows an artist's rendering of what Becky O'Connell would look like today.

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South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley speaks to media on Oct. 30, 2012, after the execution of Donald Moeller, who died by lethal injection at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

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Tina Curl holds up photographs of her daughter's grave on Oct. 30, 2012, as friend Wendy Wilson looks on. Curl spoke to reporters after witnessing the execution of Donald Moeller at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.

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Tina Curl on Oct. 30, 2012, the day Donald Moeller, the man convicted of killing her 9-year-old daughter Becky O'Connell, was executed.